Glove



Oct. l0, 1950 H. B. KIMBRELL GLOVE Filed July l1, 1949 Inln- PatentedOct'. 1Y0, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GLOVE Home B. Kimbreii,Berry, Ala.

Application July 11, 1949, Serial No. 104,103

1 Claim. l

This invention relates to gloves.

An object of this invention is to provide a glove which is designed foruse in the handling of fish so as to prevent a fish from slipping in ahand while removing ahook.v

Another object of this invention is to provide a glove which may be madeout of leather, fabric or othei` suitable flexible material which hasgripping plates secured thereto whereby a sh may be rmly gripped so asto prevent injury to the fisherman by any sharp fins or other parts ofthe sh.

With the above and other objects in View, my invention consists in thearrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawing and specication, and then more particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a glove constructed according to anembodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken n the line 2-2 of Figure1,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-,4 ofFigure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I0 designates generally a glovewhich is formed of finger cots or members Il, and a thumb I2. The gloveI0 has secured to the inner side of the ngers II spaced gripping membersI4 in the form of metal plates which 'are formed with outwardly pressedtangs or detents I5.

Each plate is provided with a pair of slots I6 between the inner andouter edges thereof, and the outer portions of each plate I4Visdepressed as at Il so that a flexible securing strap I8 may be threadedthrough the slots of each plate. The strap I8 is secured to the innerside of each nger by threads or other fastening means I9, and as shownin Figure 1, three of the fingers are provided with three plates I4spaced apart lengthwise along each finger Whereas the forefinger hasonly two plates I4 and the outermost one of these plates is spacedinwardly from the end ofthe forenger.

The thumb I2 has only one plate I4 secured to the inner side thereof bymeans of a holding strap i8 which is secured by stitching I9, therebyleaving a space beyond the end of the gripping member or plate I4 on theinner side of the thumb I2 and also leaving a space 2| beyond the outerone of the plates I4 on the forefinger.

A substantially ovoidal plate 22 is secured to the heel of the palm 23of the glove, being provided with outwardly offset detents or grippingtangs 24 and the plate 22 is formed with a pair of slits 25 throughwhich a holding strap 26 is extended.l The strap 26 is secured to theheel of the palm 23 by stitching 2'I, and the opposite ends of the plate22 are also secured to the palm 23 by stitching 28.

By providing a glove with anti-slip gripping means as hereinbeforedescribed, a fish can be firmly grasped in the hand and held againstslipping so that a hook may be removed from the fish, or other operationperformed thereon. By providing the spaces 20 and 2| adjacent the outerends of the thumb and forenger, these digits will not be stiffened bythe anti-slip plates and the ends of these digits may be used forgrasping the line or hook Where two gloves are used.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of constructionherein disclosed, but claim al1 variations falling within the purview ofthe appended claim.

What I claim is:

In combination, a glove, a plurality of gripping members each formed ofa plate having a transverse row comprised of a plurality of outwardlystruck apertured detents and each plate having a pair of spacedtransverse slots on opposite sides of said row of detents, a pluralityof flexible strapsY threaded through said slots, there being a strap foreach finger of said glove and extending substantially the length of theunderside thereof and there being at least one gripping memberintermediately positioned on each strap, means securing said straps tothe inner sides of said fingers, an ovoidal gripping member providedwith a plurality of aligned rows of hollow detents, said ovoidalgripping member having a pair of spaced slots therein and a strapsecuring said gripping member to the heel of said glove.

HOLLIE B. KIMBRELL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 312,653 Perlinsky Feb. 24, 18851,243,622 Nielsen Oct. 16, 1917 1,583,606 Roussel May 4, 1926 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 193,977 Canada Nov. 18, 1919 220,467 GreatBritain Aug. 21, 1924v

